李华是在纽约上大学的中国学生。今天她的美国同学Michael 陪她练习开车，准备去考驾照。他们在路上几次遇到惊险的情况，尽管这样，李华还是学到了两个常用语，一个是：cop; 另一个是：to freak out.- K0 M. p( R! H; Q, Y) ^
: l1 L0 h. h. ?- n SM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.) R0 |. m8 h1 ^3 F, Y/ o6 F, I& Z
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L：这地区每小时只能开35英里呀？我是不是开太快啦？哟，我的天呐，警察车跟在我后面，那怎么办呐？; A9 {$ u5 O4 H+ I5 I
! r5 S$ K3 L8 J+ UM：Calm down, Li Hua. Just find a parking lot and stop the car. The cop will follow us, and come over to your window to talk to you.; ^) b8 i/ [. |6 J
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L：哪儿有停车的地方呀！行，就停在这里吧！你刚才说谁会过来跟我说话？是警察吗？ & ]% K! z& ~5 ^3 D : O$ D9 v: Y4 d: uM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 7 A- ~* R6 x$ U" ]+ c) O- H& Y) z6 G
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ ; [ U5 U0 j# a! j - W/ E2 r1 Z6 B* {- |' vM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.7 q p. h, X% |+ Y$ T9 N. U
( c4 Y' N! D+ X" A; z+ i5 q2 \L：你说警察可能过来只是警告我一下，不一定会给我罚单呀？但愿如此，我好象是没有开太快。Michael, 你刚才说"cops", 那警车里到底有几个警察呀？ - k" b* U+ n- S) b6 @+ {/ V+ C8 a# Q# ?/ Z4 |. E* C/ z& s
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. . y! i' K; G+ _4 [: n( a! L . g+ L3 I+ h% T6 ^# GL：噢，cop 这个名词用复数的时候，cops, 可以总的指警察，而不是指某个警察。 我就把车停这儿吧。 Michael, 我能称呼警察"cop"吗？0 \) t0 s" b# D5 q+ y
$ b/ T* ]: o9 K. G8 x6 ]% GM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! ; o: b# s) M0 q1 N% R- @; f8 N2 Q, R+ k' n2 L
L：天哪！原来"cop"是很随便的称呼，你干吗不早告诉我呀！我可不要惹警察生气！ 1 ~% V+ W A! R. {$ i) `% B. |$ u# j# I3 j# o* H. N
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. / [& Y+ m* v% Y7 H1 X ( ~6 T! P. i( ^# {3 O5 hM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.9 A% a$ X! z: I$ W) L' i% j( t6 r
: M2 e4 [, l/ w0 J# ^6 m, [L：谢天谢地，他没有给我罚单。他要罚我好多钱的话，那我就糟糕了。 . }6 Z( W. R" d# l O% w4 E" ?" U) }4 @9 o1 R/ m# S
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. , S) r, A K; ]3 l' d7 d, r( } g- X6 N+ H- {5 y3 y
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？8 l' n/ K$ ?1 t& V( ^' f
" ]2 p* u& u+ J' k/ U6 e3 U% IM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.- s( W8 L9 A+ A7 v/ r
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L：是啊， 我经常听到一些人说 freak out，原来是指过于激动，显得非常紧张。对不对？" B. d; ]) H' r
% }5 t( ]' h+ z7 D0 F" l& @/ eM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! / Y5 u0 A+ E/ {: b- K: {( g4 \: f& Z+ D$ U4 m
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？' j: O3 ]" Y/ d. Y& x
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble., T) E' C- D P4 R% W* n, W) n! p
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L：这我就不懂了。是的，这是你的车，我只有一张学开车的许可证。可是，我开车出了问题，为什么警察会怪你呀？你为什么要freak out？ ) C4 @. ?- c7 j1 I, ` . P3 X) f7 P- ? yM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!/ A! ?! ]4 u" d/ D
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L：Don't freak out, Michael. 我看见那辆车了。不过，那车差一点就撞到我们了！9 Z5 Q& Z5 k# @( _
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! n: R' C! D p2 F" d, z8 g : O) d3 l- g# T. y# S1 _L：对，刚才是够险的，警察要看到他那么开车，准要给他罚单。不过，今天已经和警察打过交道了，够了。再要跟cops打交道，那我可真是要freak out了。 7 s# L" F7 G! I; `( @: W % E; R: r7 B) t2 b3 }5 d, nM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!# L( r4 A+ c+ Z+ a: R% }% x
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今天这两个年轻人真是够惊险的。不过，李华学到了两个非常有用的词汇: cop, 警察；to freak out，非常紧张和激动。这次<流行美语>到此结束，我们下次再会。 E7 j/ ^ I9 B- f, }
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